World-famous dive sites make this memorable diving safari unique.

Best of the Red Sea is exactly what it says. This diving safari takes you to the very best the Red Sea has to offer. Some of the best dive sites include Elphinstone, Daedalus, Rocky Island and Zabargad Island.

Daedalus Riff
Over 180 km south of the Brother Islands, this enormous reef is surrounded by steep walls and strong currents. The stony corals have grown to an enormous size! Here you have a great chance of seeing the famous school of hammerhead sharks in the northeast of the reef.

Zabargad
A top-notch dive site, distinguished by its exceptional diversity. Here you can dive along steep walls, glide over drop-offs, experience the feeling of open water at the edges of the drop-offs, explore coral towers and inlets in the protected shallows, observe fish, or simply admire this unique coral garden as you swim by. On the north side lies an unnamed wreck. The 70-meter-long vessel rests at a depth of 24 meters. The entire stern section is impressive, with its intact superstructure—stairs, railings, davits, portholes, hatches, and the bridge—making it a picture-perfect wreck.

Rocky Island
Rocky Island is a legendary dive site that makes every diver's heart beat faster. The fringing reef surrounding the entire island fosters the growth of all kinds of marine life. The reef walls are covered with the most beautiful soft corals, gorgonians, sponges, black corals, and sea fans. Due to its exposed location and the small size of the reef, Rocky Island is a very vibrant reef. Reef sharks, especially grey reef sharks and silvertip sharks, can be observed in the open water, and you might even spot manta rays and dolphins.

Elphinstone Riff
This reef is known for shark encounters, including whitetip reef sharks, hammerheads, grey reef sharks, thresher sharks, and of course, what Elphinstone is famous for: the oceanic whitetip reef shark (longimanus).

Elphinstone Reef, or Sha'ab Abu Hamra, located 20 km from Marsa Alam, is a reef no more than 300 meters long. Its spectacular drop-offs plunge well over 100 meters on both sides. Strong currents make this a perfect drift dive along walls covered with many species of fish and soft corals. Here you'll see barracuda, angelfish, schools of anthias, groupers, moray eels, and shoals of sweetlips. The reef is covered in soft corals all the way to the north. At the southern end of Elphinstone is an archway, reaching a depth of 65 meters. This is well beyond the recreational diving limit, but ideal for technical divers. Whitetip reef sharks also occasionally visit this area.
Other shark species are regular visitors – whitetip and grey reef sharks, as well as hammerhead and silky sharks, can be spotted.

The eastern side is a large drop-off, while the western side is less steep and somewhat sandier. Overall, this area boasts an abundance of soft corals, sponges, gorgonians, and giant whip corals.
Night diving and snorkeling are only permitted on certain parts of this route, as they are prohibited by law in marine parks.

The exact route and reefs visited depend on the weather and the diving experience of our guests.

The Daedalus, Zabargad, and Rocky Islands dive cruise starts and ends in Port Ghalib.

Twin Lower Deck

5 cabins (9 spots) available

$1,758

Bow Lower Deck

1 cabin (2 spots) available

$1,648

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